North Country Trail - Rainbow Lakes

The North Country Trail running NW to SE through the Rainbow Lakes Wilderness is a nice walk-through hike.

Overview Map

The extent of this walk is highlighted by the blue box in this map.

Map Key

See Iron River Area Overview page for segment color coding key and description for use of controls.

Walk-Specific Map

Take Note
  • Click on a segment to get specific information.
  • Numeric labels correspond to the same labels in the elevation profile and summary information below.

Elevation Profile

Images

GPX Download

A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.

Summary Information

NUM trackID Primary Description Type Owner Distance CumDist DeltaElev
1 NCTBF27 North Country Trail W Delta Rd to Old tower site Trail Public 1.69 1.69 117
2 NCTBF28 North Country Trail Old tower site to Rainbow Lake Tower Trail Trail Public 0.11 1.79 -17
3 NCTBF29 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake Tower Trail to Tower Lake campsite Trail Public 0.50 2.29 -51
4 NCTBF30 North Country Trail Tower Lake campsite to Rainbow Lake campsite Trail Public 0.91 3.20 18
5 NCTBF31 North Country Trail Rainbow Lake campsite to Anderson Grade Trail Trail Public 1.43 4.63 10
6 NCTBF32 North Country Trail Anderson Grade Trail to Bufo Lake trail Trail Public 0.28 4.91 -65
7 NCTBF33 North Country Trail Bufo Lake trail to Reynard Lake trail Trail Public 0.97 5.88 60
8 NCTBF34 North Country Trail Reynard Lake trail to Wishbone Lake trail Trail Public 0.68 6.56 -4
9 NCTBF35 North Country Trail Wishbone Lake trail to Reynard Lake Rd Trail Public 0.11 6.68 -10